FIRST LOOK: Savage Sword Of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Vol. 2

[@SAFFRONINFERNO]

Release one Classic Conan omnibus every month I will still buy them Man I love Conan so much ! Thomas / Buscema combination was unparalleled The detail on the drawings which gave life to this cult hero, every inch of them can only be watched and admired again and again.

[@NearMintCondition]

niknsync that would be so kick ass!

[@allanswegard2620]

I'm really hoping that people keep buying these. Nothing would look better than having a whole bookshelf full of Conan omnis.

[@Theomite]

Soon...that dream shall be my reality.

[@NearMintCondition]

Same here, brother.

[@trishb.6398]

I skipped on volume 1, but now I'm thinking I made a mistake. For a girl that loves manga, I'm not a fan of black and white comics, but the art you are showing looks really impressive.

[@Theomite]

Dude(ette) it's worth getting for the Joe Jusko covers alone! That's why I even started reading Savage Sword back in the day: those covers hijacked my eyeballs.

[@nivekleveb8872]

@@Theomite Joe Jusko doesn't start doing covers until way later, but he does a lot starting in the 70s for the next like hundred issues

[@rodrigosoares7126]

Yes, you surely made a huge mistake. Black and white Conan does not get any better.

[@RasputinVasilliov]

A mouth watering, must have for me. Thanks for doing these FIRST LOOKS, Omar.

[@NearMintCondition]

Rasputin Vasiliov Imani I thank you for watching.

[@jacksonwma]

Alfredo Alcala and Ernie Chan are the real stars of these books. Their beautiful inks make the dynamic layouts of Buscema pop. The other artists in the book are great as well but these guys deserve special credit.

[@NearMintCondition]

anthony jackson absolutely. The inks are so damn detailed

[@rodrigosoares7126]

Ernie Chan Conan looks very stiff. Not a good fit for Buscema at all.

[@Triton63]

@@rodrigosoares7126 I like Ernie Chan over Big John but I do understand where you are coming from. Alfredo Alcala was extra amazing over John Buscema. The only better inker over John Buscema is Big John himself. I bought and read these magazines as the came out brand new. The greatest days of the comic book industry by far.

[@rodrigosoares7126]

@@Triton63 I have to say that Ernie Chan is a great artist. It is just me. The only thing that does not appeal to me is his Conan. Other than that his inks over Buscema's work are all just as good as Alcala's or Zuniga's.

[@Triton63]

@@rodrigosoares7126 Tony DeZuniga was a god. He was EVERYONE's best inker....😁

[@carrion_man3700]

YESSS!!!! Get off of work and have this to view... perfect. Can't wait to get this in my hands. I'm going for the DM version. Thanks for the great video content! (As always!)

[@carrion_man3700]

Also, cheap graphic novels gives you store cash when you purchase from them. Kinda like rewards points. I got about $20 from my last order. Definitely a huge competitor to unstick trades for me now. Thanks for mentioning them; it's how I discovered the store.

[@NearMintCondition]

Of course. I hope your experience there is pleasent.

[@willyrr3240]

o.m.g new savage sword conan 2 must have must , must ,must , must .!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Theomite]

This is just after I bought the FIRST one! My wallet needs time to recover!

[@colossalsunny4653]

Hell ya Omar! Thanks for the overview! Releases two days before my bday so looks like i'll be treating myself.

[@NearMintCondition]

Sunny Panchigar then a happy early birthday to you, brother!

[@colossalsunny4653]

haha thanks brother, appreciate all your content.

[@davidgraham8299]

Ordered mine as soon as it was solicited and the wait is interminable. Don't know if you've already seen it Omar but in DC's December solicits there is a Green Arrow by Mike Grell omnibus listed for next june. Wish fulfillment for a lot of people I think.

[@NearMintCondition]

david graham I’m all over that Green Arrow. That’s two omnis off my top 30 most wanted DC omnis list. :)

[@nivekleveb8872]

I will be picking this up as soon as its available. The first 100 or so issues of Savage Sword are god-tier American comic art and there's a lot of gold in the rest of the series as well

[@nivekleveb8872]

I just wish the Red Sonja and Solomon Kane stories were being reprinted as well

[@NearMintCondition]

Well. Solomon Kane is coming back to Marvel. :)

[@frankscomiccastle4928]

This will look great in my shelf with all my other conan-books. Fine fine video

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you sir.

[@joshskaggs2266]

Savage Sword over the regular series, I think Conan is as he should be in all his bloody glory in Savage, and the art is amazing. Definitely a day one buy for me!

[@NearMintCondition]

Josh Skaggs that’s what I love hearing. Both are great runs too.

[@justmason7672]

Great video Omar. When I was a kid collecting comics I always remember SS of Conan on the higher shelves and thinking "whoa that's for the older guys!" Then by the time I was old enough the book was long gone. (the the Buisek dark horse run was great though). Between your and Jess' review of volume 1 I decided to to jump in as I wasn't sure about the formatting of the magazine size but it's great. I'm for all of them, fingers crossed Marvel releases the entire series.

[@NearMintCondition]

I'm in for the whole run too, my friend. AS long as we keep buying they will keep making them.

[@tenamaxcreek2520]

Will these be reprint? I messed up and didn’t get the first two 😞

[@Justegarde]

I’m so fucking jealous you already have this book. God damn it’s beautiful.

[@NearMintCondition]

It is a beautiful book.

[@artofbusiness12]

@NMC / For those who never read the original magazines, these beautiful books are a revelation of what gorgeous beautiful B&W comics art could achieve, while simultaneously, a color Spider-Man comic Book was being published that same month. (Ps) Marie Severin, did pass away, and worked for 20 plus years at the NY City, Marvel Bullpen. She did do some coloring. But she was a Woman Cartoonist, capable of drawing sequential comics with the best of the Bullpen. For many years she worked in the Art Corrections and Production Dept., which was headed by John Romita, Sr. She was beloved my all at the Marvel Offices, until her retirement. (Ps) I’m picking these up.

[@samuellasuzzo435]

I will be picking up all of the savage sword of conan. I loved the 1st volume.

[@NearMintCondition]

Samuel Lasuzzo dame here. This is my first time reading these stories.

[@richardstevenjones]

You say several times that they add everything that was in the magazines, but are the non-conan stories included? I know in the first volume they included the non-conan stories from the few issues of Savage Tales (man-thing, etc.) but are the Solomon Kane and Kull stories and things in this volume?

[@NearMintCondition]

So everything that was Conan. Kull and Kane are getting their own omnis later this year.

[@michaturkowski852]

Hello. Im completly new in comics, so i need to ask: how many big volumes like those omnibus need to be released to gather all savage sword of conan stories?

[@sergioacosta9712]

Hi Omar I just want to ask you if you think someday Marvel would reprint the X men and avengers vol.1 omnibus someday? Because I really want to have them without spending 500 dollars.

[@NearMintCondition]

I'm sure they will be reprinted, but it's just a matter of waiting around.

[@MrDLYouTube]

What are these "direct market covers"? Why do they limit them? Everywhere I look online they all have the other cover you have on your Conan books. I really love these "market" ones more. Looks old school cool. I recently found out about these omnibus releases. Luckily manage to get my hand on all of them including The Barbarian editions too. Can't wait for them to arrive. Sadly had to fork out 2x the price for Savage Sword Vol.1 since it's sold out everywhere and seems to be OOP. Also missing Vol 1 of The Barbarian, but I was told a reprint of that one is planed.

[@NearMintCondition]

Cheap Graphic Novels has the reprint already of volume 1. This is the Direct Market covers that only go to comic stores or Cheap Graphic Novels and Instock Trades. They are very limited.

[@jessechurch71]

Great First Look, can’t wait to get mine!

[@NearMintCondition]

Jesse Church thank you so much for watching, brother.

[@rlightbourneify]

Day one purchase, DM cover!! Great video Omar!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for the kind words.

[@InstrumentalArtistry]

I'm buying all of these. Savage Sword of Conan is something I have always wanted in this format. I also picked up all four of the Shang-Chi omnibuses, which is something I didn't think I would like until I saw how gorgeous the artwork was.

[@NearMintCondition]

The artowrk in those books are phenomenal too.

[@viciouscharm1099]

Awesome i have just ordered both of these. Artist / inker - Ernie Chan captured Conan perfectly. Fav cover artists= Jusko, Larkin, Dorian, Boris. Pinups by Chan & Armando Gill were top notch.

[@NearMintCondition]

And we have a volume 3 coming out this year. It's a great time to be a Conan fan.

[@Chairman7w]

Just amazing, can't wait for this.

[@NearMintCondition]

It'll be here before you know it and then we wait on volume 3 together. :)

[@imranhusain6087]

Fantastic video. Beautiful book. A must-have! I'm going for the Bianchi cover. Oh, quick pronunciation note: Simone Bianchi = See-MO-nay Bee-AHN-kee.

[@NearMintCondition]

Imran Husain bee ahn kee. Got it.

[@greenhulk1982]

I purchased Savage Sword of Conan vol. 2 omnibus online can not wait to get it in the mail.

[@NearMintCondition]

You are in for a treat.

[@alfrede.neumann5513]

I have the DM edition on order (for the last 3 or 4 months actually) at my local shop, and I cannot wait! BTW, I believe you are correct about Red Sonja. Marvel cannot create new stories about Red Sonja, but they can reprint stories that she appeared in.

[@NearMintCondition]

It's a shame. I'd like to see companies working together to keep giving fans the complete stories.

[@jonathanpearman1052]

So great to rediscover the inking genius of Alfredo Alcala. He so elevated Buscema's pencils to a whole other level, what a team! Any Alcala collections out there? Goes without saying, put my order in:-)

[@NearMintCondition]

I'm glad you appreciate the great inkers we've had over time.

[@tylerscott6640]

I think issue #23 should have been the variant cover. Earl Norem's gorgeous painted cover of Conan and Red Sonja fighting a giant octopus is so epic. Too bad it didn't actually happen in the issue.

[@SpikeySquig]

Hello! And thanks for another awesome review! With the new omnibuses coming out, I really need to give the savage sword of conan a read. The black and white art looks stunning! Would you recommend staring with the first volume? Or just skip ahead to the second? I believe that you mentioned that the story doesn’t require any particular reading order, but are they all just as good? Just wanted to say keep up the great work! Really appreciate all the great content!

[@NearMintCondition]

The stories aren't relly one continuing story as they are stand alones for the most part, but volume has some killer stories and art.

[@SpikeySquig]

@@NearMintCondition Ehh, now I’m left too curious, was that the first or second one with the killer content? xD

[@NearMintCondition]

Volume 1 has some amazing artwork. :)

[@SpikeySquig]

@@NearMintCondition Great, thanks! :)

[@lloydwong7852]

Those omni's are really beautiful. I really love raw uncolored art. I wish it was possible to print just the pencilled artwork but straight pencils are hard to reproduce without inks. By my math to complete these omni's will take another 5 years at 2 omni's a year and cost me over $2000.00 retail for this set alone. I couldn't risk starting this collection and missing a volume for some reason. Marvel is cranking out these collections so fast it's alarming. The people asked and Marvel is delivering that is for sure. Out of curiosity how many Conan collections is Marvel printing for guys not in the know about Conan?

[@NearMintCondition]

We know of 3 Conan books and just these two Savage omnis. If they keep selling they will certainly keep printing them. I have a feeling we'll get two of each a year. Until we get Epics.

[@Keith98765]

I am getting the DM copies. How many omnibuses volumes do you think they will have for savage conan?

[@NearMintCondition]

There should be around 10 of each Conan book, honestly.

[@kenwuk]

.. I’m in for the long run, several years hence 🍻

[@NearMintCondition]

Ken's Comic Book Channel that’s what i want to hear!

[@burakgursoy1388]

5:52 they didn't add everything. There supposed to be a Red Sonja pinup by John Byne in #15 after this page and additional 3 pages (2 being Kull) all omitted.

[@tylerscott6640]

Goddamn that Starlin DM cover is so freaking cool! I'm about to pay extra for it on eBay even though the standard cover is still in print. That's how much I love it. Maybe that's stupid but this is my addiction lol.

[@NearMintCondition]

Lol no one here will judge. :)

[@Martin_TheCollector]

I really like the first Savage Sword omni that I own. Might end up getting all of them to be honest. As well as the other Conan omnis. Kinda sucks that the Dark Horse Conan omnis were printed as tpb, but those are still magnificent. Super happy to own em all!

[@NearMintCondition]

The Colossal books are also huuuge compared to these.

[@Martin_TheCollector]

Near Mint Condition Yes indeed.

[@jrox1904]

I feel like we will get the complete Conan Run in Omnibus before the X-Men one

[@NearMintCondition]

#JaYrOx the fact that they are doing it in chronological order makes it seem that way. But only two a year. It’ll take a few more years to get them all

[@dalmo8340]

Hi Omar. No colors added to SSoC DH, bad paper quality too and non existent bonus material. Marvel is doing an awesome job with the omnibus editions, that’s THE ULTIMATE Conan Collection. But c’mon...2 editions per year?! I want at least 3. PLEASE, MARVEL, PLEASE!!! 🙏

[@NearMintCondition]

Three would be so much money. :) But I know I want to keep reading more.

[@delboy3k1]

I have the 1st vol so have the 2nd vol pre ordered. I am used to b&w being in the uk as marvel weekly comics which were reprints of american comics were also b&w so the format brings back memories for me. Good vid and looking forward to my copy

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you for the kind words and your copy will not disappoint.

[@LarrysLibrary]

I will be pre-ordering from TalesofWonder most likely. I was gonna get the Starlin cover but after seeing both here I may get the Bianchi. The Starlin cover formatting looks weird. And the Bianchi really looks great

[@NearMintCondition]

I agree. I think the Bianchi works great for this content.

[@ryanullyott1161]

a little disappointed that these collections don't actually include all the material from the original magazines. a lot of content has been cut and that's not just Red Sonja stuff. I know it looks like they are including a bunch of the features and they are, but some content that does not directly involve Conan has been cut.

[@NearMintCondition]

I think recently they have aquired the rights back to Solomon Kane.

[@bobbehers1625]

Getting both Conan reprints!

[@NearMintCondition]

YES!!

[@fausty616]

I want to get through #115 of Conan the Barbarian in omnibuses, which might be the fourth one. Considering stopping on Savage Sword after just two volumes for around when BWS bounces, but I need to do more research.

[@NearMintCondition]

These are phenomenal reads for me as I have never read the early stuff. Kull was more of my book as a young lad. :)

[@gxvault4166]

How many volumes to complete? 4?6?

[@NearMintCondition]

Probably more like 10 volumes.

[@christopherlawster]

I think there were only 2 Marvel Super Special Conan issues in colour but there are several Marvel Graphic Novel issues of Conan which should appear in the SSOC omnibus volumes in future including my personal favourite by Paul Gulacy.

[@NearMintCondition]

Oh and i can't wait for those.

[@bolamtv3639]

omar savage conan is book of renascences marvel .

[@NearMintCondition]

I completely agree.

[@henryhill1891]

First of all thanks for your great and informative comic channel, I have become interested in comics again, and is a little rusty when it comes to these great omnibuses, I have ordered Gotham Central since I lve the TV Series My question regarding this volume are the stories in these magazines continued through issues, why I am asking this is because the first volume seems to be oop. if you think my English is a bit weird, it is because I live outside the USA.

[@NearMintCondition]

It is not weird at all. It is quite good. The issues are done in chronological order in the way they came out and continue into the next volume. I think there will be a reprint of the first omnibus.

[@henryhill1891]

@@NearMintCondition Thanks so much for replying, I got to admit that I have never been very interested in Conan, but I love B&W Comics, and the art you shows in your video is just stunning.

[@Reginmund]

Does anyone know what's going on with vol. 3? There's no official info from Marvel as far as I can see.

[@NearMintCondition]

Its coming this summer and 4 will be out by end of year.

[@Reginmund]

@@NearMintCondition Yeah, I already had a pre-order in on 3 and it was supposed to be out a few days ago. Didn't stop me putting in a pre-order on 4 tho.

[@SAFFRONINFERNO]

Omar is giving NO option but to get jealous ,once again ! And here ordinary souls like me are still waiting to get their hands on Marvel Horror Omnibus 😅

[@NearMintCondition]

No need to be jealous. I'm still here waiting on my damn Spidey John Byrne omnibus to show up that I ordered a week ago. :)

[@kevinyoung7294]

Do you think you'll get the snyder batman omni early?

[@NearMintCondition]

Kevin Young not early. :) since DC hasn’t reached out to me.

[@cromdevoter5942]

Hope they continue these

[@NearMintCondition]

As long as they keep selling them!

[@rkreisig]

Can't wait for this 😍

[@NearMintCondition]

It's coming!

[@death2all79zx]

I have the first 11 volumes of the Dark Horse SoS Conan, there is no color art in the book. The magazine covers are in B&W.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you for clarifying that.

[@RobRVA]

Got mine today! (Starlin cover.)

[@bronxlongboardernyc]

Wow so lucky to get conan

[@NearMintCondition]

I feel very humble.

[@knapp40]

Great Video! Can you leave a release date in the description? I've learned a lot by watching your videos by the way! Keep'em coming!

[@NearMintCondition]

Adam Knapp I can start doing that. I said it in the video but I don’t mind at all adding that.

[@knapp40]

Near Mint Condition doh! I missed it. Sorry.

[@NearMintCondition]

@@knapp40 No worries, I'm adding them to descrition from now on. :)

[@cromdevoter5942]

Are all savage sword of conan series in both books?

[@NearMintCondition]

The Savage Sword books are just collected in the savage sword omnis.

[@cromdevoter5942]

Oh ok thanks

[@georgegolston5417]

I buy both the Savage Sword and the Conan the Barbarian Omnis Direct Editions.

[@NearMintCondition]

George Golston that’s what I’m doing. They are wonderful to read and look at on the shelf.

[@t2comicbooksoverviews251]

having a hard time finding vol 1 in my country,i really want the conan omnis,but so far i cant find them,great vid

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you brother. I believe it's still in stock isn't it?

[@t2comicbooksoverviews251]

@@NearMintCondition i think it is,but we dont get all new books here

[@varrelricky200]

man in one year marvel pump saling conan comic 2 omnibus and 2 savage sword omnibus a gain

[@NearMintCondition]

Ngajiyai I’m good with that pace. Gives people time to save up some money. :)

[@billyrayvalentine8471]

Gives me a bone just thinking about this book

[@NearMintCondition]

Same.

[@Grimlock987]

Came from Amazon yesterday.

[@NearMintCondition]

Awesome.

[@Triton63]

The Savage Sword of Conan Dark Horse reprints were in B&W.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you, Deathlok!

[@Triton63]

@@NearMintCondition You're very welcome. Excellent review as well, thanks. Enjoy reading those stories for the first time. I believe you will be blown away. Roy Thomas was at his very best with SSOC. I read those books brand new as they came out back in the day as a very young teenager and they changed my world....☺

[@philfrank5601]

None of the Dark Horse collections added colour. All are black and white, slightly smaller pages than this Marvel omnibus, and the paper quality is what you'd expect for the price they were. Not terrible, but not like this. Just so you all know, however, there were 22 volumes in the Dark Horse collection. Do the math with Marvel...just so you know what you're getting into!

[@jaydawn8704]

Were these censored?

[@NearMintCondition]

Savage, nope. Everythign is there.

[@baroldalt312]

Does the book fall apart because it's so big?

[@NearMintCondition]

Not at all.

[@baroldalt312]

@@NearMintCondition Was just thinking about getting, since I like #15 (Devil in Iron). But on some pages in my original copy (e.g., p.148 in your copy), the text boxes become so dark that it's really hard to read the text. But in your copy, they're much lighter so there is better contrast.

[@freddiealonsonido]

Both covers? You're being so spoiled now by Marvel. That's amazing. Book looks great.

[@NearMintCondition]

Freddie Alonso I mean you can have my DM. :). I don’t need both. Other than just for the video.

[@freddiealonsonido]

@@NearMintCondition 🤣 thanks, I'm good. Hope they keep sending you both.

[@johnherndonjr]

This is from the Conan Special. It was originally in color. I own the original book.

[@NearMintCondition]

I know that the original one was in color.

[@johnherndonjr]

​@@NearMintCondition Ok

[@SAFFRONINFERNO]

Omar , Will we be able to get a classic Marvel King Conan omnibus? Kindly check...

[@davidgraham8299]

niknsync Oooo, yes please.

[@nivekleveb8872]

I want to know that too! Seems like it would be possible to collect the whole series in 2 or 3 omnis or 4 Epic Collections

[@SAFFRONINFERNO]

@@nivekleveb8872 King Conan had 55 issues in total.So I guess like you said 3 Omni would be more than enough to cover it in its entirety. Can Omar please check up on this?

[@NearMintCondition]

I would love that, but nothing has been confirmed past the Savage Sword and Conan series.

[@sugarray6250]

What's the difference between the savage sword omni and the barbarian omni?

[@mohammedhanif6780]

Savage reprints the b&w magazine Barabarian reprints the color comic

[@sugarray6250]

@@mohammedhanif6780 Thanks. What about in terms of content. Is one more mature than the other?

[@mohammedhanif6780]

@@sugarray6250 savage is more mature. More violence and nudity.

[@forgerelli1]

The Dark Horse phone books were all in black and white.

[@NearMintCondition]

forgerelli1 thank you for clarifying, sir.

[@StillOnly25c]

Conan saves Marvel

[@sulleneldritch7680]

When you were looking through issue #15 or thereabouts you said you couldn't imagine what these would be like in color. To get an idea you could take a look at the reprint of Black Colossus that was colored by Marie Severin in Marvel Treasury Edition #15 - www.zipcomic.com/marvel-treasury-edition-issue-15 or the colorized version of Iron Shadows in the Moon in Marvel Treasury #19 - www.zipcomic.com/marvel-treasury-edition-issue-19 By the time of the Super Special Alfredo Alcala was beginning to scale back the rendering a bit....

[@Andrew-fq7pu]

Until Todd introduced computer colours, all standard comic book colours detracted from the art. As a kid, I could go to the news agents and spend the same amount of money on either a single issue with colours that were often offset, but mostly printed over the blacks & destroyed all the detail, or a B&W collection on newsprint that covered 4 slightly older issues with no ads. The difference is night & day. Guys like Gulacy, Perez, Miller, Steranko, Byrne, Buckler, Newton, Adams, Dillin, Andru, Golden, Zeck all looked so much better without the colours. Two works really stand out to me, especially since I have the original issues and the better quality omnibuses now, MOKF #40 and FF #242. Both of those have the artist inking themselves and the level of detail and delicate linework that's lost in colour is significant, even though they are now on ancient, yellowed newsprint.

[@NearMintCondition]

Andrew187 I think some colorist stand out to me. Like Paul Mounts, Joe Rosas and Steve Oliff.

[@m.j.r2373]

will they collect the 90s run

[@NearMintCondition]

I hope they sell well enough to go all the way thorugh.

[@tylerscott6640]

Just read Roy's intro to this. I think he messed up big time by not letting Neal Adams and Dick Giordano ink #14. He outsourced it to the Phillipines instead of trusting Neal to do the job in time. I think he was too desperate over one lousy potential blown deadline and ended up losing one of the best artists of all time.

[@-Rockstar666-]

Wow! This looks pretty amazing. Good old times. Sadly, I can't image new stuff like this in todays SJW infested world.

[@NearMintCondition]

You aren't digging the Aaron Conan book? I was really liking it. What I've read so far. I think Busiek's run was badass too. I keep seeing comments like this about a SJW world, have none of you check out Berserk? BECAUSE IT IS SO BADASS!!

[@-Rockstar666-]

@@NearMintCondition I don't know much about berserk, but I know it's japanese. They don't have those problems yet over there. Just like in video games, Japan can still do everything they want and get away with it.

[@ShiftyShifts]

Bromar... You son of a bitch!!!!!!!!

[@NearMintCondition]

I just told my mom what you just said. She ain't happy.